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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Michigan rates for HCPCS 36557

Placement of a long-term intravenous catheter that is tunneled under the skin before entering a large central vein, allowing repeated access for medications, fluids, or blood draws over an extended period. This version is for a child younger than five years old and does not include an implanted port.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5 cost?

$4,782

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$427 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 25th of 50

$4,782

$708 physician + $4,074 facility

IN $13,677WV $1,924

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.